60 days only potatoes
GhostX1994
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Iv heard and read how people have done 60 days of just eating boiled potatoes without things added and have lost nearly 10kg in 2 months without help from exercise. Has anyone done this? Want opinions on how it worked and if its a good diet to go on to help lose weight to tone up quick woth exercise
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kys for promulgating such an asinine idea.
Yes, you'll lose loads of weight if you suddenly decide to get all your calories from one source.
Had a friend lose over 20lbs in less than two weeks on an idiot fruit diet, which although awful would still be better than eating just potatoes being as there is a wealth of different nutrients to get if you at least eat many sorts of fruit.
But please, do this, start a youtube channel, and post results.5 -
Those that eliminate foods, that they aren't allergic to; have no understanding of how calories work & possibly're underrating. You can consume anything you desire, lose weight & without exercising. All you have to ensure, is that you eat less calories; than your body burns. That's it!6
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1) You aren't going to "tone" anything without exercise. Losing weight at that rate without exercise will most likely create more muscle loss than you would like.
2) Eating nothing but potatoes sounds nutritionally void.
3) You can (depending on your starting weight) lose 2lb/week, which is close to the same amount through calorie deficit with the added benefit of eating more flavors and getting better nutrition.
4) Why no exercise? If you have to do it without exercise, go for a more modest deficit, so you don't trash the muscle you have.5 -
Sounds awfully bland and boreing3
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aug rotten idea. Unless you find yourself stranded on Mars, I guess.15
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Well whats the best food to eat and how much and often should i to help tone and gain muslce? Bland and boring foods dont really bother me, i plan to exercise aswell and try at least 5 times a week. Im just trying to find a quick way to lose the fat as its mainly my stomach and top of legs, but i want to put on alot of muslce aswell, i know cant have both so rather muslce and tone0
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What a ludicrous idea.1
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Posting in a troll thread.
Buddy in the picture, although powerlifter plump, obviously has some good gains and must have some idea of what he was doing.
My theory is that it isn't even his pic and he's making troll threads because well, why not?
If somehow he's serious then he is beyond a hope if he would consider a boiled potato diet for even a moment.
MUSCLE AND TONE... Pfft.
Just eat at a slight deficit, maintain protein intake from 25-30% of daily calories, and figure out the rest.4 -
If you want to lose weight, count your calories don't eat back more than you burn. There isn't any super food that is going to make you lose weight quicker but adding more fruits and veggies to your diet if you don't normally eat them is good for anyone. As for muscle, start lifting.2
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Im not trolling, just iv read up about people doing this and working thats why im asking, i dont have much idea on diets and exercise as i havnt been to a gym for years due to personal matters. Only exercise i get is carrying my 2 year old son around0
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Apologies for being a prick.
Look, just eat at a slight deficit.
Google TDEE calculator.
Figure out how much you need to eat, and eat normal foods, whole foods.
Limit the amount of canned and boxed foods, and especially cut out restaurant and fast foods.
Maintain a high enough ratio of protein.3 -
Its fine mate haha
Yeah thats why i ask iv always had problems with right foods to eat and how much etc, i plan my exercise as ill start to go gym 5 times a week and try sticking to 2 hours a day but depends when i work really, most time im out so i try to just eat subway subs with most of the veg to help but yeah i need to start buying and making at home save me more money0 -
I know there is a guy on YouTube who lost a lot of weight doing this. Because I was curious I put potatoes only into my diary to see and if you ate approx 2,800 calories worth of potatoes, you would be getting plenty of protein, iron and fiber but you would only be getting half your calcium so I would take a supplement or add some soy/almond milk.
Have you ever looked into going vegan? Very healthy for yourself and the environment
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If you have a child, you need to have at least some knowledge of nutrition. It's not rocket science, though. Are you familiar with the concept of food groups? You know, fruit, vegetables, meat and fish, grains, dairy, fats? Have some food from every food group every day. Eat different foods through the day and from day to day. If you can cook, do that, if not, it's a good skill to learn because it allows you to eat well for cheap.3
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Im not looking into being vegan sorry
I know abit about right foods but im wanting to see what i can eat that will work best for muslce gaining and stuff, only food i dont eat is seafood and egg0 -
You don't have to eat any particular foods. There aren't any super foods for weigh loss or muscle gain.1
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I know there is a guy on YouTube who lost a lot of weight doing this. Because I was curious I put potatoes only into my diary to see and if you ate approx 2,800 calories worth of potatoes, you would be getting plenty of protein, iron and fiber but you would only be getting half your calcium so I would take a supplement or add some soy/almond milk.
Have you ever looked into going vegan? Very healthy for yourself and the environment
Hah!
Okay so I checked for fun.
25 "medium" sized potatoes would yield 2750 calories.
5 grams of fat
75 grams of protein
650 grams of carbs
You'd have 250mg of sodium to 15 THOUSAND mg of potassium.
HELLO Hyperkalemia!
Once again vegans imparting us with valuable nutrition advice!
Not only would such a measly amount of protein be detrimental to a big lad like that trying to gain muscle, but the hyperkalemia induced by such an inordinate ratio of sodium to potassium would leave him feeling extremely weak and bedridden and likely in the hospital in no time.4 -
So will having protein powder acually help me ir is it just bs and waste of money? Never used due to believing it doesnt work? Since its like 120 for 5kg that wouldnt last long?0
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Just eat food, goddammit.11
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Well it is a supplement.
So that means it isn't meant to be a primary source, but rather something to help you reach you goals.
Once you get started on this application you'll have a daily goal of carbs, proteins and fats that fit within your daily limit of calories.
Depending on what you eat throughout the day, it might be you get near the end of your day and you've 300 calories left to eat yet because of what you have eaten you still need 60g of protein.
In a situation like that, an isolate protein powder would be perfect because you could get your 60g of protein (which equals 240 calories) without needless carbs and fats.
But if you plan your meals you can get all the macro and micro nutrients you need from whole foods, which is always best.
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Alright cheers mate
Thats always been my biggest problem finding the right food plan to eat for me sadly
I ask alot of stupid questions but hey im sure alot of people have the same questions and unsure about asking haha2 -
You struggle with finding "the right food" plan because there ISN'T one right food plan. That's what we are trying to explain. Eat food you like, enough, but not too much.2
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And let myfitnesspal do the bulk of the thinking.
I'd lower the default carb percent and add that to the protein column for an aspiring weightlifter on a caloric deficit though.
The default is 50% carbs, 30% fat and 20% protein.
For him I'd go something like 40% carbs, 30% fat and 30% protein.4 -
I like all types of food but my issue is i dont know what is the right amout i usually eat like a kilo of chicken snit or whole bbq chicken or even just a kilo or 2 of boiled chicken with veg. Iv been told eating slower and less food and more often a day is good for you is that true?
Yeah iv never been the type to be very smart with working out carbs and stuff but im wanting to get big and fit again as i want my son to look up to me not turn out like me with my ways.
But thank you for the info im listening and ill defently learn from it and try to figure out what be best suited to me to eat because of the info0 -
This is why you use the food diary. Log what you (intend to) eat and see how the numbers add up. Tweak amounts to hit your goals (calories, protein, fat, carbs) for the day. You don't have to eat to any particular rythm either, just find something that suits your rythm. If you get stomach pain from eating, for instance, you'll know that you don't follow your rythm. If you feel fine, carry on.2
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Get a digital food scale.
Everything you eat is in the database.
So even if it is a whole roast chicken, you take all the edible parts, discard the bones, weigh what you plan on eating and it'll go up on your dairy.
From there you'll see how much fat you ate and how much more you could eat in the day, how much protein you ate and how much more you could eat in that day.
You don't need to be good at working out carbs and protein and fats.
That's what myfitnesspal is, it is a tool that does most of the thinking for you and leaves you with graphs and charts to help you reach your goals.
Thing is, if you're trying to lose fat you'll not be eating entire chickens in a sitting anymore, not unless you're 6'6 or something and have a very high TDEE "total daily energy expenditure".3 -
kommodevaran wrote: »This is why you use the food diary. Log what you (intend to) eat and see how the numbers add up. Tweak amounts to hit your goals (calories, protein, fat, carbs) for the day. You don't have to eat to any particular rythm either, just find something that suits your rythm. If you get stomach pain from eating, for instance, you'll know that you don't follow your rythm. If you feel fine, carry on.
Probs explains my stomach pains since last night then from eating only once that night and over eating the wrong stuff
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GhostX1994 wrote: »I ask alot of stupid questions
There's no such thing as a stupid question.
We have a slight chance of inadequate and/or "funny" answers though.
On topic:
Restricting yourself to only one supplement is never a good idea, it's boring to eat, there is no joy in it (which I found to be necessary) and after finishing this "diet" you will almost surely feel the urge to stuff anything into your mouth that doesn't look like the stuff you ate the last x days.
Finding the right food-plan for your needs will take some time and continuous fine-adjustments. For me it worked (or better "works") like this:
1. For about one week I tracked everything (and I mean everything) I ate or drank.
2. After this I scanned the diary for "TMC" (Too Many Calories). This is quite subjective, for me this meant more than 120 cal per portion (or per 3 oz).
3. Now comes the hard part: Find out which of these can be omitted, reduced or replaced and which are vital for you. Mind you, this is subjective too, the things that you are not willing to let go may (and almost surely will) be things that are completely unimportant to others.
4. Sooner or later this will lead to your food plan which is supposed to help you reach the goals you have with your body (lose/gain/hold weight, build up muscle, or whatever else).
5. Since your body is not a linear system you will constantly need to monitor the result of your plan and apply some necessary changes. The main goal (Or at least my main goal) is to achieve that this monitoring will one day be a semi-automatic process, so that I will not have to track CiCo anymore ... one fine day ...4 -
Im 6' 8 in hight haha, iv been using this app wrong the whole time then haah iv been only putting food in data base iv ate not to see the results first ops
Other thing is workouts, iv always done evey body part exercise every day but been told its best to only do 1 each day like chest day etc does it matter or not? I just want best results i can get right, bad enough iv got nerv damage in my right wrist and finger but has never stopped me from when i ust to lift as i found it was horrible pain but over time it stopped0 -
Detritus_1965 wrote: »GhostX1994 wrote: »I ask alot of stupid questions
There's no such thing as a stupid question.
We have a slight chance of inadequate and/or "funny" answers though.
On topic:
Restricting yourself to only one supplement is never a good idea, it's boring to eat, there is no joy in it (which I found to be necessary) and after finishing this "diet" you will almost surely feel the urge to stuff anything into your mouth that doesn't look like the stuff you ate the last x days.
Finding the right food-plan for your needs will take some time and continuous fine-adjustments. For me it worked (or better "works") like this:
1. For about one week I tracked everything (and I mean everything) I ate or drank.
2. After this I scanned the diary for "TMC" (Too Many Calories). This is quite subjective, for me this meant more than 120 cal per portion (or per 3 oz).
3. Now comes the hard part: Find out which of these can be omitted, reduced or replaced and which are vital for you. Mind you, this is subjective too, the things that you are not willing to let go may (and almost surely will) be things that are completely unimportant to others.
4. Sooner or later this will lead to your food plan which is supposed to help you reach the goals you have with your body (lose/gain/hold weight, build up muscle, or whatever else).
5. Since your body is not a linear system you will constantly need to monitor the result of your plan and apply some necessary changes. The main goal (Or at least my main goal) is to achieve that this monitoring will one day be a semi-automatic process, so that I will not have to track CiCo anymore ... one fine day ...
Yeah its always been my issue keeping track of what i eat and what i should alwayd been my downfall0
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